Vocalist and keyboardist. Appeared with her 3 Notes at Mimmie Lorenzo’s Surf Musical Bar in the early ‘50s. In 1953 her 3 Hits were seen at Miller’s Supper Club on Pulaski Highway and Toni with her Playboys appeared at the Blue Mirror. In the mid-’50s she played the Blue Mirror with her 4 Notes, and with her 4 Rhythmen, while also appearing at the Manhattan Club fronting her group the Hillens. Toni owned her own bar, lounge and supper club on Frederick Avenue where she and her group performed.
In 1957 she appeared at Carl’s Musical Bar with her 4 Notes, and as Toni & the Hillens featuring drummer Jerry Trotta (of the Town Toppers). Hillen & her Orchestra performed at Dundalk’s Graceland in the late ‘50s. Trotta later led his own band.
